China
China’s major refrigerant suppliers say large-scale producti
08 March 2013 R290 has been identified as a long-term alternative to R22 in residential AC production for the Chinese HVAC&R industry. Major hydrocarbon refrigerant suppliers like Shandong Yuean a...
Air conditioner maker Gree sets lofty sales goal
2013-03-07 Gree Group, China’s largest maker of domestic air conditioners, has set an ambitious sales target for the years ahead, even amid the sluggish demand due to the global financial crisis. Don...
Shanghai Hitachi Holds RY 2013 Client Convention
On October 19, 2012, Shanghai Hitachi 2013 refrigeration year (RY 2013) global client convention was held at Yinchuan, Ningxia, which was themed by ‘Innovation, Breakthrough and Pioneers.’ Forty two r...
LG Water-cooled VRFs Win Bidding in South China
According to the South China Business Department of LG Commercial Air Conditioner, the company was awarded the air conditioner project of the Southern Headquarters’ building of China Communications Co...
Gree’s R32 AC Certified by VDE
Gree and VDE, a German testing and inspection authority, jointly hosted the R32 air conditioner certificate awarding ceremony and opening ceremony for VDE’s Gree branch in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Provi...
Energy Star Certif ied AC Lab Established in Shanghai
Energy Star is a voluntary product certification program introduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy. As one of the most popular energy efficiency certifi...
Hisense Hitachi Speaks at Japan’s Meiji University
On January 25, Fan Dapeng, deputy general manager of Hisense Hitachi, received an invitation from Japan’s Meiji University School of Business Administration to visit the university and deliver a speec...
Gloomy Outlook for Compressor Protector Manufacturers
Except for the sluggish sales of air conditioners in 2012, the increasing market share of inverter air conditioners became the largest challenge facing the protector manufacturers. This is because embedded overload protectors are no longer required in inverter air conditioner compressors, which use electronic control boards instead. At present, the market share of protectors most affected by the i...
8.2 China Compressor Market 2012
The Chinese economy continued to slow in the first 3 quarters of 2012, which resulted in decreased compressor sales compared with the same period in 2011. However, the economy began to increase in the...
Inverter Rotary Compressors Show Signs of Recovery
In November 2012, the sales of inverter rotary compressors showed the first sign of recovery since June 2012, with a total sales volume of 2.98 million, a 7% year-on-year growth. Enterprises such as Landa, Mitsubishi Electric, Highly, Rechi and Sanyo saw their sales volumes increased year on year. With the approaching transition and upgrading of inverter products, there will be potentials for furt...
